In recent days, substantial bans in rugby have become a hot topic once more. A 12-match penalty for biting, subsequently cut to nine following an appeal, handed to France's Axelle Berthoumieu has ...

Former Scotland scrum-half Rory Lawson says "standout" Jack Dempsey's Glasgow Warriors exit is a "gut punch" for the national ...

Penikolo Latu, a former Tonga international, has been found guilty of knocking a man unconscious at a nightclub in Australia. Latu, who started on the left wing against the All Blacks four years ago, ...

AN amateur rugby player in France has been left fighting for his life in hospital after reports of being attacked during a match. Noha Loubety, 23, was allegedly “punched violently in the temple” by ...